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Updated May 10, 2022
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Patrick Borgschulte
Brass Contributor
May 10, 2022

Hi,

I have severe issues to get my SharePoint Online Contact List synced with Outlook 365. There is no solution to the problem. See here: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/Outlook-actions/idc-p/1528268/highlight/true#M28520

 

Workaround stated here does not work: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/lists-and-libraries/sync-sharepoint-list-error-0x80070005

 

Also, there is no alternative offered by Microsoft how this can be accomplished in another way. The Modern SharePoint experience does not even offer to connect a SharePoint Online Contact List to Outlook 365. The working on the contact details within Outlook, the filtering, viewing and using is so much more convenient as doing it online in SharePoint.

 

Why is the syncing feature deprecated without offering a replacement? This not very user-friendly.

 

Best regards,

Patrick

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Aria_Consulting
Brass Contributor
May 10, 2022
The solution MS would LIKE you to use is Dynamics 354 for Sales. Obviously provides way more functionality than just a contacts list, but the sync service to Outlook (Exchange Online) is very capable. Baring that, have you looked at using an integration solution such as SyncApps or Zapier? (you would need to check to see if either of them support that scenario, but they might)
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    Patrick Borgschulte
    Brass Contributor
    May 11, 2022

    Hi Lorne,

    Yeah, sounds as a good sales tactic. But I find it rather annoying that a useful feature from the current suite of paid applications (our company for sure pays a lot for the 365 business subscription) is "deprecated" and nothing is coming from Microsoft as a replacement?! Not really a fair situation to urge us to buy additional stuff to be able to keep on working ...

     

    BR, Patrick